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Preparing to Scale a High-Growth Experiential Education Technology Company

Last Updated: 04/13/2026

Case Organization

CapSource Technologies

http://www.capsource.io

Remote

Case Contributors

Case Disciplines

Growth Strategy Marketing Research & Development Sales & Business Development

Skills & Expertise

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) for Higher Education Administrators) Buyer Persona Development (Higher Education Stakeholders) Canva) Career Centers Career Platforms) Competitive Analysis and Benchmarking (EdTech Content Critical Thinking and Strategic Synthesis CRM and Sales Enablement Tools (HubSpot Customer Journey Mapping (B2B SaaS) Customer Segmentation and Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) Development Data Analysis and Insights for Decision Making Desk Research and Secondary Data Analysis E-commerce Strategy for B2B Platforms Employers) Enterprise Licensing) Faculty Financial Modeling and Pricing Scalability (1–5 year projections) Generative AI for Research and Strategy Ideation Go-To-Market Strategy for EdTech Solutions Google Slides Growth Strategy and Business Model Design Institutional Outreach) KPI Development and Performance Tracking Lead Generation and Demand Generation Strategy LMS Market Research and EdTech Industry Analysis Marketing Strategy (Digital Partnership and Channel Strategy (Universities Presentation and Infographic Design (PowerPoint Product Positioning and Differentiation Revenue Model Innovation (Subscription SaaS Monetization and Pricing Strategy Sales Funnel Design and Optimization Salesforce) Stakeholder Mapping (Universities Strategic Roadmapping for Scaling Tiered Pricing Value Proposition Refinement and Messaging
Background & Objective

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Founded in 2017, CapSource Technologies (formerly CapSource Education) is a high-growth start-up education technology company focused on helping schools build and scale their immersive, transformative project-based experiential learning programs that integrate real companies, their business leaders, and their challenges directly into the education process for their students.CapSource’s industry-integrated experiential learning platform bridges academic and industry settings by strategically bringing learners, educators, and industry partners to collaborate on real-world business challenges. CapSource CONNECT is an experiential learning management system (E-LMS) that empowers educators and institutions' key industry partners to build, manage, and scale the kind of industry-based learning experiences that produce growth for engaged learners.
Learning Objectives

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This case challenges students to evaluate and scale a high-growth edtech platform by refining its ideal customer profile, pricing strategy, and monetization model within a competitive experiential learning market. 

Students completing this case will be able to: 

  • Understand CapSource’s business model, value proposition, and role within the experiential learning and edtech ecosystem. 
  • Analyze the competitive landscape across experiential learning platforms, LMS providers, and career services technologies. 
  • Identify and define an ideal customer profile (ICP) within higher education based on institutional needs, budgets, and adoption readiness. 
  • Evaluate customer pain points and decision drivers related to experiential learning, career readiness, and industry engagement. 
  • Develop a scalable monetization and pricing strategy aligned with market benchmarks and customer willingness to pay. 
  • Compare pricing models (subscription, SaaS tiers, enterprise licensing, usage-based) and recommend the most effective structure. 
  • Design go-to-market strategies and outreach channels to effectively reach and convert target institutional customers. 
  • Recommend e-commerce and product-led growth strategies to support scalable, low-friction adoption. 
  • Define key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure growth, customer acquisition, retention, and revenue performance. 
  • Communicate strategic recommendations clearly through structured analyses, pricing frameworks, and customer segmentation insights.
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